The Lounge Lizards
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The Lounge Lizards were an influential New York-based avant-garde jazz band led by John Lurie, known for their experimental, genre-blending sound and association with the downtown art and music scene of the 1980s and 1990s.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Lounge Lizards canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
avant-garde jazz band
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band ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1980s
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1990s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
John Lurie
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John Zorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Marc Ribot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedMovement | no wave ⓘ |
| associatedScene | New York downtown scene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| debutAlbum | The Lounge Lizards (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endTime | mid-1990s ⓘ |
| genre |
avant-garde jazz
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downtown music ⓘ experimental music ⓘ jazz ⓘ no wave ⓘ post-punk ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Anton Fier
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Arto Lindsay NERFINISHED ⓘ Billy Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ Curtis Fowlkes NERFINISHED ⓘ Dougie Bowne NERFINISHED ⓘ Erik Sanko NERFINISHED ⓘ Evan Lurie NERFINISHED ⓘ Jane Scarpantoni NERFINISHED ⓘ John Lurie NERFINISHED ⓘ John Zorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Marc Ribot NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ Roy Nathanson NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Piccolo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
downtown New York jazz
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experimental jazz of the 1980s ⓘ |
| leader | John Lurie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with the New York art and music scene
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experimental, genre-blending approach to jazz ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Big Heart: Live in Tokyo
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Queen of All Ears NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lounge Lizards (album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Voice of Chunk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
EG Records
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Intuition Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Island Records ⓘ Strange & Beautiful Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1978 ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
combination of jazz and punk aesthetics
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genre-blending sound ⓘ use of irony and pastiche ⓘ |
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